Interviews
Viewing Conditions
In mining the stuff of the world, two artists untangle beauty from consumption and attraction from complicity
Viewing Conditions
In mining the stuff of the world, two artists untangle beauty from consumption and attraction from complicity
Myth and Matter
Sky Hopinka speaks about moving on the land, Indigenous presence and relations that collapse time and space
Megan Rooney
Following a major solo presentation at Kunsthalle Düsseldorf last year, the London, UK–based Canadian artist brings her murals and performances to Toronto. Her exhibition "HUSH SKY MURMUR HOLE" opens February 6 at the Museum of Contemporary Art
Karine Fréchette
New and recent paintings by the Montreal artist translate the speed of everyday life into a suite of pulsing, rhythmic abstractions.
The Pathos of Mandy
From Walter Scott, the artist and creator of the iconic graphic novel Wendy, comes a new character, Mandy. “The Pathos of Mandy” opens this week in Kingston
Material Bonds
After her late uncle’s belongings were stolen from a recent exhibition, Vicky Sabourin reflects on tracing their relationship through objects and inheriting a history of the Duplessis Orphans
Maya Ben David’s Deep Dive into Fan Culture
The performance artist talks about her playful characters—like Air Canada Gal, Pocket GoodLife and Pregnant Harry Potter—and other subversive fan tropes
Pictures of You
A conversation with Janet Werner on the shifting grounds of feminism, fashion and portraiture
From Environmental Activist to Minister of Canadian Heritage
In a Toronto chat just days into leading the nation’s culture file, Steven Guilbeault answers questions on climate crises, museums and an artist resale right
Writing Performances
Does a performance need an audience like writing needs a reader? In a conversation over several months, artist Jana Omar Elkhatib discusses how she developed a series of new works for Hamilton Artists Inc., through writing, sound and the body
From Margin to Centre, and Back Again
“I sensed a social ecology I had to navigate but did not understand,” says artist Ken Lum of the rules-based art world that surrounded him. “And when I did start to understand it, I was unsympathetic to why this social ecology had to be heeded”
From the Archive
Veronika Pausova Paints a Spidery Sublime
This artist spins webs of imagery by turns cartoonish and trompe l’oeil, ab ex and VFX, rife with loopy insects, nail-bitten fingers and other surreal turns
I Need to Know Where I’m Standing
Following her Sobey win, a conversation with Kapwani Kiwanga on audiences, critique strategies and when critics get it wrong
Moyra Davey Discusses Her Mother Reader, 15 Years On
Acclaimed Canadian artist Moyra Davey published her perennially relevant Mother Reader in 2001. Now, she reveals how motherhood continues to affect her art.